September 2010

Imagine If Santa Clarita Homes Were Like iPhones

September 29, 2010

Imagine, if you will, that home builders right here in Santa Clarita, such as Pardee and Lennar, built new homes like iPhones. That’s right, iPhone homes! Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chairman and CEO, and inventor, has designed the “iPhone of houses,” as Wired Magazine puts it, in their recent article about a new home design he [...]

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Realty Executives Santa Clarita: Top In Sales

September 28, 2010

In 2009, Realty Executives of Santa Clarita helped more people buy and sell real estate, than any other competing Santa Clarita real estate firm. Realty Executives, and their 4 offices within the Santa Clarita Valley (Newhall, Valencia, Canyon Country, and Agua Dulce), had a grand total of 1,659 closed transaction sides in 2009. The next [...]

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Santa Clarita Home Sales: Summer of 2009 vs Summer of 2010

September 28, 2010

Statistics can be boring when it comes to Santa Clarita real estate, especially if you’re a renter for eternity, whether it be by choice or not. So, forgive this post, and ignore it, if you have no interest in home sales stats. Today, I was looking at average sales prices in Santa Clarita. This summer, [...]

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KB Home Buys Remaining Plum Canyon SunCal Lots

September 27, 2010

Per a press release today from SunCal, a private real estate developer, they have completed a sale of 224 residential lots located in Plum Canyon, to KB Home. Plum Canyon is a community of mostly newer homes, located at the north end of the Santa Clarita Valley, in Saugus. Yes, Plum Canyon is in Saugus, [...]

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Top 3 Ways To Get Your Santa Clarita Home Offer Rejected

September 27, 2010

When attempting to make an offer on a Santa Clarita home that’s for sale, I’d say knowing what kind of conditions that could lead your offer to being rejected, are just as important as knowing some of the important conditions that can help your offer get accepted. First, Know The Market Santa Clarita has a [...]

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Find The Beauty of Santa Clarita

September 27, 2010

Sometimes we’re all a little too busy to stop, and check out the beautiful surroundings of this place we call home, the Santa Clarita Valley. I was reminded of this today when I stumbled across this video that features amazing time lapse photography of the San Francisco Bay area: The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen [...]

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The Valencia Creekside Homes and Area

September 25, 2010

I wanted to spotlight the Valencia Creekside area today. It’s one of Valencia’s most popular communities. Located in the 91354 zip code of Valencia, Creekside consists of 6 different tracts of townhomes and single family homes (names in the graphic below). People are drawn to the Creekside area for numerous reasons. It’s location is phenomenal. [...]

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Santa Clarita House Hunters Should Be On Offense

September 24, 2010

Local Santa Clarita real estate is like football. Sometimes Santa Clarita homebuyers need to be on offense. And sometimes they need to be on defense. Sellers, sometimes your posture needs to be akin to a football offense. And, at times, you need to play a more defensive role. You need a good team, no matter [...]

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Valencia, Ca Most Expensive Home On The Market

September 23, 2010

Here are the details and photos for the highest priced home for sale in Valencia (Santa Clarita). Why? Because I was curious, and thought I’d share with you, through our spiffy MLS blog tool via Diverse Solutions. Now, perhaps to a few, this Valencia home is not that expensive at all? To most of us though, it’s [...]

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Top 5 Terms To Negotiate When Making An Offer On A Santa Clarita Home

September 22, 2010

When sitting down with your Realtor, to make an offer on a home in Santa Clarita, consider asking the seller for the following concessions (not necessarily monetary): Top 5 Terms To Negotiate When Making An Offer On A Santa Clarita Home: Time To Acquire Loan Approval: It’s standard in the California Association of Realtors contract [...]